Chapter 1: Faculty Governance, Section III: Faculty
Council
C. Membership
1.
Composition. The membership shall be divided into
categories as follows:
a.
Elected faculty members
with vote. The Council shall include
sixty-two (62) or more voting
members of the General Faculty with
vote elected as follows:
1.
The faculty
member who is elected to
serve as the Secretary of
the General Faculty shall
be an ex officio member
of the Council. The Secretary
of the General Faculty shall
also serve as Secretary of
the Faculty Council.
2.
The faculty
member who is elected to
serve as Chair (or as Chair
Elect in the absence of the
Chair) of the Graduate Assembly
shall be an ex officio member
of the Council.
3.
Twenty (20)
voting members of the General
Faculty elected at large
in odd-numbered years to
serve two-year terms commencing
on the first class day of
the fall semester following
their election, distributed
as follows:
a.
Ten
(10) from the group of professors
and associate professors.
b.
Ten
(10) from the group of assistant
professors and instructors.
4.
Forty (40)
or more voting members of
the General Faculty elected
in even-numbered years by
the colleges and schools
to serve two-year terms commencing
on the first class day of
the fall semester following
their election. (See Policy
Memorandum 1.301 for an explanation
of how seats are allocated
among colleges and schools
and how "free" seats may
be given to smaller colleges
and schools.)
b.
Administrative members ex
officio without vote. The Council
shall include ex officio members
without vote as follows: President,
Executive Vice President and Provost,
all Vice Presidents, all Deans
of colleges and schools, Dean of
Continuing Education, Director
of General Libraries, Dean of Students,
Director of Admissions, and Registrar.
Administrative members ex officio without
vote are not eligible for election
as voting members.
c.
Student members with
vote. The Council shall include seven
(7) student members with vote as
follows: three (3) students to be
selected annually by the student
government to serve until replaced,
two (2) students to be selected annually
by and from the Senate ofCollege
Councils to serve until replaced,
and two (2) students to be selected
annually by the Graduate Students'
Assembly to serve until replaced.
The candidates for and the holders
of these positions (1) must be bona
fide, full-time students (that is,
undergraduate students registered
for at least 12 semester hours and
law or graduate students registered
for at least 9 semester hours, except
that the President of the Students'
Association may serve if registered
for at least 6 semester hours), (2)
must have an overall U. T. Austin
grade point average of at least 2.50
or a UT Austin Law School grade average
of at least 68, and (3) if undergraduate
students, must have completed at
least 30 semester hours in residence
at UT Austin. No more than two
students selected by the student
government shall be from the same
college or school. Student members
shall take office on the date of
the first meeting of the Faculty
Council in the fall semester following
their election.
d.
Staff members without
vote. The Council shall include two
(2) staff members without vote, one
to be selected by members of the
staff each year for a two-year term
commencing on the first class day
of the fall semester following his
or her selection.
2.
Election of General Faculty Members. The By-Laws
of the Faculty Council (see Policy Memorandum 1.301) shall include
the procedure for electing the voting members of the General Faculty.
3.
A vacancy shall be declared by the Secretary of
the Council if an elected voting member of the General Faculty
misses three consecutive meetings. The vacancy shall be filled
by the next runner-up from the previous election.
